Yellowface is about a young white author who steals the manuscript of her dead Asian friend, finishes it, and publishes it as her own. Kuang's best writing is delivered in the tension-filled scenes when the protagonist is met with online vitriol and has to watch the live exposition of her life unfold on social media, as she is flailed in the public court of opinion with words and memes and half-truths. Keishel Williams is a Trinidadian American book reviewer, arts & culture writer, and editor